Quoting Richard E. Hawkins Esq. (hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu): > the permissions on /dev/dsp may not be right. try [snip] > should be > > 0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 3 Sep 18 19:11 /dev/dsp Umm, no, they should be 660 root.audio. On a single user system, it might not matter (much), but that doesn't mean 666 is anything but the sign of the beast. Mike Stone